such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a … social norms whose nature and origin we discuss. -- competition ; tournament ; piece rate ; gender ; risk-aversion ; relative … women. Women are mainly influenced by their degree of risk aversion, but men are not. Men compete more against men than …

We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden … gender gap in Sweden. -- competitiveness ; risk preferences ; children ; gender differences ; experiment …, two countries differing in gender equality according to macro indices. We include four types of tasks that vary in gender …

to favor women and find no gender difference under competition per se. We also reject the hypothesis that a .stereotype … gender inequality: namely, that women and men respond differently to time pressure. With reduced time pressure, competition … threat. explains the inability of women to improve performance under competition. We propose an alternative explanation for …

, and differential responses to luck account for about half of the gender performance gap in our experiment. These findings … help to explain both female underperformance in environments with repeated competition and the tendency for women to select … into tournaments at a lower rate than men. -- Behavioral preferences ; real effort experiment ; gender differences ; gender …

our interpretation. -- Competition, piece rate ; revenue sharing ; gender-task stereotype ; experiment … comes to preferences regarding competition. We take a different point of view and claim that gender-task stereotypes are … able to explain a large part of the under-representation of women in tournament like environments. We conduct an experiment …

We look at gender differences in preferences for altruism, risk and competition in math and word search among … the gender gap in our sample is not due to competition preferences per se. -- competitiveness ; risk preferences … ; altruism ; adolescents ; gender differences ; experiment …

We show that choices in competitive behavior may entail a gender wage gap. In our experi ments, employees first choose … pie size the employee has generated, the remuneration scheme chosen, and the employee's gender. Employers then decide how … the pie will be split, as in a dictator game. Whereas employers do not discriminate by gender when tournaments are chosen …

We conducted a field experiment involving 720 Italian undergraduate students to investigate the existence of gender … design was aimed at disentangling gender differences in taste for competition from other differences in psychological … but different gender composition. We find that females are as likely as males to take part in the competition and to …

developments in the economics literature on the gender gap, this implies that familial environment could explain why some women do … opt for competition, while the vast majority of women do not and, thus, are underrepresented on the career ladder. By …Studies in psychology have long argued the possibility that sibling structure, such as birth order and the gender of …

experimental design. In contrast to the literature, the results from our experiment imply that the whole gender gap is driven by …A large number of recent experimental studies show that women are less likely to sort into competitive environments …. While part of this effect may be explained by gender differences in risk attitudes and overconfidence, previous studies have …